Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
From the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s, a Polish Jew named Emile Bocian, extensively photographed and documented New York City’s Chinese community for The China Post, a Chinese-language daily paper. Billing itself as “The Voice of the American Chinese,” The China Post was in publication from 1972 through 1986. At its height, the paper saw a … Read more
Against all odds, an ethnic monolith still exists within the most gentrified island on Earth. In part because of these 21 people. Source: How Has Chinatown Stayed Chinatown? — NYMag
New Museum – IDEAS CITY Tour of Multiethnic Chinatown Date: Friday, May 3, 2013 Time: 10:30AM to 12PM Place: 214 Centre Street, Manhattan (Across the Street from Museum of Chinese in America) Free Admission New York City is one of the most diverse metropolises in the world. With its abundance of cultural, social, and historical … Read more
This event reflects on the 30th anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, highlighting how immigrant women workers united for labor justice and became lasting leaders in their workplaces and communities.
This event offers a 90-minute walking tour of Manhattan’s Chinatown, highlighting its multi-ethnic history and contemporary developments. Participants explore historic sites and cultural landmarks, gaining insight into the neighborhood’s enduring diversity and ongoing transformation.
In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate, attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather’s return from the fortune cookie factory. This book examines the most famous American Chinatowns, in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu–fingers of land on the … Read more